Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

• DOCTORATE IN MORAL THEOLOGY (STD SPECIALIZATION BIOETHICS) Accademia Alfonsiana, Lateran University, Rome, Italy (Summa cum Laude) 
• MASTERS IN BIOETHICS (Specialization course in Bioethics for post graduates), Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, A. Gemelli Medical College and Hospital, UniversitàCattolica del Sacro Cuore (Distinction) 
• LICENCE IN MORAL THEOLOGY (Specialization in Bioethics) Accademia Alfonsiana, Lateran University, Rome, Italy (Summa cum Laude) 
• LICENCE IN THEOLOGY University of Wales, Lampeter, United Kingdom (Distinction) 
• BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY, Hons., University of Wales, Lampeter, United Kingdom (Distinction) 
• POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India 
• BACHELOR OF SCIENCE St. Joseph’s Arts & Science College, Bengaluru, India

Experience

• Associate Deputy Secretary – General (CCBI) Conference of Catholic Bishops of India Jan 2024 – present
• Director, St Germain Academy, September 2018 - 2024
• Adjunct Professor, Division of Health and Humanities, St. John’s Research Institute, February 2018 - present 
• Health Commission Secretary, September 2018 - 2024
• Visiting professor at the following seminaries: -St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bengaluru -Mount St. Alphonse Redemptorist Theologate, Bengaluru -Canon Law Centre for Post Graduate Studies, [Bioethical Issues Relevant to Canon Law] 
• First Director, Bioethics Forum, Conference of Catholic Bishops of India - September 2021 – 2024
• Trustee and Project Director, Jeevan Jyothi Trust, Archdiocese of Bangalore 2019 - 2024
• Director, St Joseph’s Health Care Centre, Susaipalayam, Andersonpet, KGF, 2020 - 2024 
• Director, St Joseph’s Health Care Centre, Theresapura, Kanankapura, 2020 – 2024
• National Coordinator – Synodal Implementation Team, India
• National Coordinator – Pastoral Plan Implementation, India
• Manager - Pfizer Limited - Training, Strategic Business Planning, Business Forecasting and Business Operations, from 1991 to 2002. Twelve years work experience in a corporate environment in a multinational corporation. 
• Seminary formation from 2002 - 2007, Rome. 
• Ordained priest 11 July, 2007 - Archdiocese of Bangalore. 
• Assistant Parish Priest August 2007 - July 2008.
• Pastoral work during student years in Europe 2008-2015 at the following parishes: (Summer holidays, Christmas, and Easter breaks) i. Verceia, Diocese of Como, Italy (Three Months) ii. Bitonto, Archdiocese of Bari (Two Months) iii. Upton, Diocese of Shewrsbury, England (6 Months) iv. Oxford, Diocese of Portsmouth, England (Two Years) v. Faughart, Archdiocese of Armagh (20 Months) 
• Rector Bhakti Bhavan, July 2015 - September 2018
• Vocation Commission Secretary, July 2015 - September 2018 
• Founding Member and Coordinator, Bioethics Forum, Archdiocese of Bangalore - 2016 
• Visiting Professor, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Post graduate L.Th students) 2018 - 2021

Areas of interest

Ethics at the end of life

Fellowship & Membership

• Ecclesiastical Advisor, Catholic Doctors Association, Archdiocese of Bangalore. (From its inception in 2017 to present Day). 
• Ecclesiastical Advisor, Catholic Nurses Guild, Bangalore. (2018 to present date) Member, National Synod Desk and Continental Phase, CCBI. Bangalore. (January 2022) 
• Member - Member of the Scientific & Adverse Events Committee - Institutional Ethics Committee, St John’s Medical College and Hospital. (1st March 2016 to present date) 
• Member of the Ethics Committee, Indian Council of Medical Research, (National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. (February 2020 to present date)